Metaversal is a Bankless newsletter for weekly level-ups on NFTs, virtual worlds, & collectibles
Dear Bankless Nation,
This week was full of big NFT developments. The one I’m watching closest right now? OpenSea’s deployment of a new “Seaport” marketplace system on Ethereum:
Details are scarce currently, though a two-week Code4rena audit contest that starts today notes the marketplace will be focused on “safely and efficiently creating and fulfilling orders for ERC721 and ERC1155 items.”
I’m not a developer, but a quick review of the Seaport smart contract suggests to me it’ll allow for the creation of zones, or seaports if you will, for fostering customized NFT markets.
We’ll know more soon, but with OpenSea at the helm it’s likely Seaport will prove to be very consequential to the NFT ecosystem going forward. In the meantime, get caught up on the rest of this week’s action below, thanks kindly for reading, and have a great weekend!
-WMP
P.S. A few minutes after this post went live, OpenSea officially announced Seaport. So now we know more!
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Coinbase unveiled a new dapp wallet and dapp browser system.
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The Bueno Generator, a no-code tool for creating PFP collections, is now available to everyone; an associated no-code smart contract deployer is on the way, too.
🏆 Digital Collectibles
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a16z announced a new $600M GameFi fund.
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Axie Infinity announced AxieCon: Barcelona, which will run from September 7th through September 10th later this year:
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💎 DeFi x NFTs
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Slingshot, a web3 trading platform, unveiled a mobile app with a referral program that offers NFT rewards.
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Argent added L2 support for the $JPG index token.
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William M. Peaster is a professional writer and creator of Metaversal—a Bankless newsletter focused on the emergence of NFTs in the cryptoeconomy. He’s also recently been contributing content to Bankless, JPG, and beyond!
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